"Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang met with former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in Beijing, urging the two countries to properly settle differences in bilateral relations and promote the healthy growth of relations...

Kissinger and his delegation came to Beijing for the third meeting of the "China-US Track Two High-Level Dialogue", a gathering for dozens of retired prominent diplomats and officials from both countries. Former Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan and Kissinger led the two sides in the dialogue. The US delegation also included former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, former Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin and former US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael Mullen."

-- China Daily, 2012-01-18

"Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping met with former Governor of Florida Jeb Bush Tuesday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, calling for closer cooperation between China and the United States. Xi took time during the meeting to applaud Bush's attention to, and efforts in, the development of China-U.S. relations."

-- Xinhua News, 2012-01-17

These meetings were almost completely ignored by the U.S. media, even though current U.S. officials including Defense Secretary Robert Gates were present at previous sessions.

"Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates participates in the U.S. and China Track Two discussions with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State George Shultz, former Secretary of Treasury Robert Rubin, former Secretary of Defense William Perry, former State Councilor for the People's Republic of China Tang Jiaxuan and other members of their delegations in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 18, 2010. The discussions are part of a two-day dialogue to help improve U.S.-China relations."

-- Department of Defense, Oct 2010 (see photo)

It really doesn't matter which party hack wins the U.S. election this fall; the so-called democratic process is irrelevant. This cadre of permanent, unelected "former officials" conducts U.S. policy behind the scenes for globalist organizations such as the Council on Foreign Relations regardless of which administration is in office. Rubin is the current co-chairman of the CFR, and both Kissinger and Shultz are former directors.

One might even call them agents of "an invisible government"...